Belt attachment



' C. H. PRINTZ. I BELT'ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13, I921.

1,438,330, Patented Dec. 12,1922.

- CHARL ES-H. -PRII T TZ, 01? 'LTURAY, VIBIGrIIIVIA;v

BELT ATTACHBIENT.

Application; filed- September- 13 1921.. ,SeriaI 1110,500305.

T0. aZl/whom itmay, concern:

Be itknownthat 1. CHARLES. H. Pit-Infra,

a citizen of the United States. residing at Luray, in the. countyofjlageandfitate of namental. Ac buckles are not of the common substantiallyrectangular frame, construction-with the pivoted tongue.thatpassesthrough an open.

ing in the belt end, ornamentalityhbeing a desired quahtyin suchdevices, and; as a consequence, the outer face of the buckle or. clasp.is generally in the nature of a longi tudinally arched plate.vItispossibleywith the frame construction of buckles to. attach the barofa watch chainto thebelt, butwiththe other classzof buckles nome-ans.is.pro-. v v

round the belt, Thestr p of.metal has one 80 of it s.,ends .rounded uponitself to -provide vided whereby thehar may .be=secured,thereon. Even inthe-first instance, the bar is not securely attached and :mustnecessarily. be removed when, the v belt is adjusted; Thus, as far, as1am aware there isno belt. provided withmeans forsecurely attaching thebar of a watch chain thereto, it beings, the common andusefu-l practiceof ,a-rranging the watch in the; watch pocket" of thetrousers. v v

It may therefore behconsidered the primary object of this invention toproduce a belt having means thereon whereby the bar of a watch chain maybe effectively supported thereon.

It is a further object to produce a means for effectively supporting thebar end of a watch chain on a belt which will add to the ornamentalityof the belt.

It is a still further object to produce ameans for supporting the bar onthe end of a watch chain from a belt in an easy, quick and efiicientmanner, said means being of an extremely simple construction which maybe cheaply manufactured and which will. add to the ornamentality of thebelt.

The foregoing, and other objects which will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood, may be accomplished by a construction,combination and arrangement of parts such as is disclosed by thedrawings which accompany and which form par-tgof this 1 specification. i

In the drawings Figure l is a .view illustrating the.- application ofthe improvement. I

Figure.;2 is a fragmentary perspective View, of the. end of the. beltprovided 1 with the improvement. A

Figure; 3;is,-an approacimately central vertical transversesectional-yiew-through the improvement and belt.

Referringrnowr to the drawingsin detail, the- ..;numeral 1. designates.an ordinary -,-leather belt commonly worn as a" support for trousers.,The' belt, at one of its ends is providedwith the usual buckle 2atoreceive its oppositeon. tongue end 3 .Thetongue portion of the belt. ata suitable. distance.,from its end has arranged thereon. my.improvement.

My, improvement, in. the preferred embodiment 0f my invention,is,constructed from asingle piece of-substantially rectangular metal..bent ,upon itself to. entirely suiu the, same wane lip i -This lip,fromrits bottom. g portion is. provided with a rounded opening thatcommunicates .with .a substan tially rectangularppening; 5- in thestripbv Theportiomof the stigip provided with theopening forms the backplate of theimprovement This (back plate ,is, of course,

arranged in contacting engagement with the innenside ,of the. belt,- and.isdoent upon itself, as at 7, over the upper edge of the belt. Thestrip is then continued over the front face of the belt, and incontacting engagement therewith. This portion forms the front plate ofthe improvement and is indicated by the numeral 8. The front 8 may behighly ornamented, if desired, or the entire device may be coated with acovering corresponding to that of the belt. The front plate is bentinwardly over the lower edge of the belt, as at 9. The portion 9 iscentrally formed with a tongue 1.0 that passes. through the opening 5,contacting with the upper wall provided by the said opening, the saidtongue being thence bent over the rear plate of the improvement and mayhave its free end enter a suitable transverse depression 11 in the saidback of the improvement. If desired, the back plate of the improvementmay have on its inner face inwardly directed prongs 16 which enter hebelt and hold the housing portion of the 1m- 7 provement against slidingmovement on the belt.

The bar, at the outer end of the chain which is attached to the watch tobe worn in the watch pocket of the user of the belt, is indicated by thenumeral 12. This bar is designed to be inserted through the opening inthe bottom wall of the lip i and to also pass through the opening 5 inthe back plate of the improvement and from thence be turned to permit ofthe same resting snugly in the lip. The chain 13, at the portion thereofatta hed to the. bar passes freely through the rounded opening 14 in thelip, the said opening 14., of course, communicating with the opening 5,and preferably the lip, in a line with the said opening 14 is depressedoutwardly, as at 15 forming the said lip with an inner concaved portionthat receives therein the usual central enlarged eye carrying member onthe bar 12 to which the chain 1 8 is directly attached.

A device, as above described will not interfere with the properadjustment of the belt, but will add to the ornamentality thereof. Thechain bar, when arranged in the lip of the improvement cannot beaccidentally removed, and thus the improvement provides a means for moreeffectively protecting a watch from theft. The device is of an extremelysimple construction, may be cheaply manufactured and readily attached toany ordinary construction of belts.

It is, of course, to be understood that in the manufacture of theimprovement, I may make changes from the construction herein illustratedand described, and therefore it is to be understood that such changesand variations may be made therefrom as fall within the scope of what Iclaim.

Having described the invention, I

1. In combination with a belt, of a plate bent upon itself toprovide asubstantially rectangular housing which receives therethrough the belt,means holding said housing against movement on the belt, said housinghaving a rear extending portion which is bent upon itself to provide across sectionally U-shaped lip, said lip and the back of the housinghaving aligning openings de-' signed to receive therethrough the bar ofa watch chain to permit of the said bar resting in the lip, and saidlip, at the opening therein, being depressed outwardly, for the purposeset forth.

2. In combination with a belt, of means for attaching thereto andsupporting therefrom the bar of a watch chain, said means comprising astrip having one of its ends bent upon itself to provide a crosssectionally rounded lip, said lip and strip having communicatingopenings, said strip being arranged against the inner face of the beltand bent over the upper edge thereofagainst the outer face and under thelower edge of the belt, said last mentioned portion of the strip havinga tongue which is extended through the opening and which is bent againstthe rear face of the strip.

3. In combination with a belt, of means for attaching thereto andsupporting therefrom the bar of a watch chain, said means comprising astrip having one of its ends bent upon itself to provide a crosssectionally rounded lip, said lip and strip having communicatingopenings, said strip being arranged against the inner face of the beltand bent over the upper edge thereof against the outer face and underthe lower edge of the belt, said last mentioned portion of the strip haing a tongue which is extended through the opening and which is bentagainst the rear face of the strip, and said rear face having adepression to receive therein the end of the tongue.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES H. PBINTZ.

